3 Sequoyah County dead being returned
From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times
— Sequoyah County Times, July 9, 1948
From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times
25 Years Ago
(From the July 8, 1998, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Three area residents will travel to Gillette, Wyo., for the National High School Finals Rodeo (NHSFR) July 20-26.
Joel Cusimano, Destry Graham and Sam Keith will make the trip to Gillette to compete in three different events. Cusimano has qualified to compete in both the cutting event and calf roping event, while Graham and Keith have qualified to compete in the team roping event.
The three young men will be part of the Oklahoma team at the finals in Gillette.
50 Years Ago
(From the July 5, 1973, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —A first for the citizens of Sequoyah County in the form of a Little Theatre production will take place this Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m. in the Sallisaw High School auditorium.
The musical comedy “Mame” under the direction of Lucretia C. Scoufos will be presented as the Little Theatre’s first play. Bill Aydelott will serve as the music director and Calvin Remy will act as assistant music director.
Eight weeks of hard work and dedication have gone into making the play a success. The Little Theatre is a part of the Sequoyah County Arts and Humanities Council and is entirely devoted to the efforts of bringing the community closer.
75 Years Ago
(From the July 9, 1948, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Being returned to the United States for burial are the bodies of three Sequoyah County men who lost their lives in World War II, the department of the Army announced Thursday. They were originally interred in Italy.
Included among the 4,842 Americans who gave their lives, now being returned aboard the U.S. Army transport Carroll Victory is the body of Cpl. Cleo Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Taylor, Sallisaw.
Also being returned on the transport are the bodies of Pvt. Jess Holt, whose next of kin is James Eagle, Muldrow and S-Sgt. Lovely O. Huston, whose next of kin is Ben H. Houston, Vian.
—Sallisaw merchants’ proposed Wednesday afternoon closings, inaugurated this week to give employees a half-day holiday during July and August met disfavor with rural residents, several participating businessmen said Thursday.
Biggest instance of reproach came from a farm owner who drove into town for repair parts for broken machinery. He went home empty handed and lost a day’s work.
No definite plans now are agreed on but it was understood that the project originally described as a Chamber of Commerce sponsored program did not originate with the group or have its sanction.
Many of the merchants say they will remain open this next Wednesday to serve their customers.
100 years ago
(From the July 6, 1923, issue of the Sequoyah County Democrat) —Thousands of people from every nook and corner of Sequoyah County and many from other points gathered in Sallisaw Tuesday and Wednesday to participate in the Carnie Welch Post of American Legion annual Independence Day celebration. The celebration was held a half mile east of the city in the beautiful grove of trees near Senator Frye’s home.
The attendance for a two-day celebration was far greater than that at the celebration held here last year. The grounds were covered with joy seekers, while the automobile parking space was overcrowded and many cars were unable to gain admittance.
—Messrs. Campbell and Burrows, abstractors and oil promoters of this city, have closed a deal with Mr. Wallace Childs of Kansas City for making another test for oil and gas in this county near Gans. The local oil men have given Mr. Childs an option on a block of leases near Gans, six miles southeast of this city, by the terms of which he is to have his geologist here in the near future to make the location of a 3,000-foot test on the acreage.
Mr. Childs is an experienced promoter in different oil and gas fields recently opened up in Oklahoma and Kansas, and has sufficient financial backing to put the deal over without local assistance.
